On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Tobias Dyckerhoff wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I use(d) a 2.6.10 kernel and the usb-storage/ehci_hcd modules to connect to a
> USB hard disk (together with ide-scsi emulation). Suddenly the hard
> disk does not work anymore (the same under Windows XP). After enabling
> usb-storage debugging in the kernel I get the following output (after
> attaching the hard disk). Does it mean that the disk is physically
> broken, or can I fix this somehow?

...

> The corresponding /var/log/messages part is
> 
> ---
> Jan  4 01:12:38 matrix kernel: usb 1-3: new high speed USB device
> using ehci_hcd and address 4
> Jan  4 01:12:38 matrix kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Jan  4 01:13:59 matrix kernel: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after
> error recovery: host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0
> Jan  4 01:13:59 matrix kernel: usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 4
> ---

It doesn't look good.  You can try connecting the disk to a different 
computer to see if that helps.  You can also try using Linux 2.6.15.

The debugging log shows that the disk does not respond to any commands.  
If this really is a problem with the drive, there's not much you can do 
about it.

Alan Stern



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